Original Italian WWII Breda M37 Machine Gun Barrel in 8mm Mauser Hand Select:No now absent

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The use of the bun nut was characteristic of East India Company manufacture

These very scarce leather belt carriers are made of heavy gauge quality black leather and are maker stamped on the rear belt loop

Steel tubes show storage/handling dents but are in good overall condition

chin strap and camouflage helmet net

Original Italian WWII Breda M37 Machine Gun Barrel in 8mm Mauser Hand Select:No now absentOriginal Item: BREDA M 37 (8mm GERMAN) spare barrel assembly in 8mm Mauser Export Caliber. The Breda Modello 37 was an Italian heavy machine gun (Mitragliatrice Breda MOD. 37) adopted in 1937. It was the standard machine gun for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The M37 was meant as company battalion support as compared to the more troublesome M1930 meant for squad platoon support, and proved far more effective in combat. The Breda M37 was a